Smart Storage Systems (SanDisk) Assigned Patent

Smart Storage Systems, Inc., Milpitas, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,792,273) developed by Robert W. Ellis, Phoenix, and Scott Creasman, Gilbert, AZ, for a “storage system with power cycle management and method of operation thereof.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method of operation of a storage system includes: providing a power monitor module for detecting a loss of host power; interrupting a unit controller by the power monitor module; configuring a memory controller by the unit controller; and writing a non-volatile memory array for storing in-flight data and contents of a system control random access memory in a MLC NAND flash device in response to detecting the loss of the host power.”

The patent application was filed on June 11, 2012 (13/493,912).